Machine to machine traffic management methods and systems
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving in a radio access network a request to transmit a message from a first device through a cellular network to a second device, the request including a machine identity for the first device and not including any QoS parameters;
submitting a query to a database in a core network that correlates the machine identity with an associated QoS parameter;
determining the associated QoS parameter associated with the first device based on the machine identity;
assigning an assigned priority to the message, the assigned priority selected from at least a high priority and a low priority based on the associated QoS parameter; and
assigning the message, based on the assigned priority to one of a first input queue or a second input queue located in the radio access network wherein the first input queue is associated with the low priority and a long delay and the second input queue is associated with the high priority and a short delay;
transmitting messages in the second input queue on a first come first served basis; and
transmitting messages in the first input queue on a first come first served basis;
after the messages in the second input queue have been transmitted.
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Abstract
A method and system for managing M2M traffic in a network is provided. The M2M device sends a message that includes a machine identity for the M2M device. A query is submitted to a database that correlates the machine identity with a QoS parameter or a priority. The message is assigned to one of a plurality of input queues based on the assigned QoS parameter or priority. Each input queue is associated with a delay period so that the message is held in the queue for a period less than the delay period.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving in a radio access network a request to transmit a message from a first device through a cellular network to a second device, the request including a machine identity for the first device and not including any QoS parameters; submitting a query to a database in a core network that correlates the machine identity with an associated QoS parameter; determining the associated QoS parameter associated with the first device based on the machine identity; assigning an assigned priority to the message, the assigned priority selected from at least a high priority and a low priority based on the associated QoS parameter; and assigning the message, based on the assigned priority to one of a first input queue or a second input queue located in the radio access network wherein the first input queue is associated with the low priority and a long delay and the second input queue is associated with the high priority and a short delay; transmitting messages in the second input queue on a first come first served basis; and transmitting messages in the first input queue on a first come first served basis;
after the messages in the second input queue have been transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a radio access network; a core network connected to the radio network; a node in a radio network that receives a request to transmit a message from a first device, the request including a machine identity for the first device and not including any QoS parameters; a subsystem that determines the machine identity for the first device; a storage medium in the core network; a database stored in the storage medium that stores information associating the machine identity with an associated QoS parameter; a subsystem in the core network that determines the associated QoS parameter for the first device based on the machine identity; a subsystem in the core network that assigns an assigned priority for the message based on the associated QoS parameter, the assigned priority selected from among a high priority and a low priority; a subsystem, located in the radio access network, having a first input queue and a second input queue wherein the first input queue is associated with the low priority and a long delay, and the second input queue is associated with the high priority and a short delay; a subsystem that assigns the message to one of the first input queue or the second input queue in the radio network based on the assigned priority; a subsystem that transmits messages in the second input queue on a first in first out basis; and a subsystem that transmits messages in the first input queue on a first in first out basis after the messages in the first input queue have been transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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